New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-13
RECORDS OF THE RIVALS.
TIE DAuyrLr>s HAS Won MANY RACES.

uIrrr KNOWN or rnr coEovrTs SAILING q Al
HIS IHrIE NT.-tHEurNIs.
There is iittlc to guide betting man III cont
/ plri.ou Of The records Of the two schooncrs which
set out Yesterday on their 300 miles sailing con-
test from Bay Ridge 90 ROchc's Point IL l., a far
as records 90, a tiiu of spsel and endurance be-
tween a veteran, we'll cI-oucd racer and an
almost unknown sailing quantity. The Dauntc~s
has long series Of victories and honorable defeats
behind her The Coronet has never Won or lost a
race Above are given cnts OF the rival schooners
Below will be found come account OF their history
and measurements
The Dauntic~s was built AZ Mystic Bridge. Conn.
| by FORSYTH & MORGAN and launched In jane. lsG6
! She was then known ~ the lIlrOndcllc and owned
! by : y. Bradford, jr. Her frame OF white oak
and hackmatack. with an oursld. covering Of white
oak. The comblng4 wight aud cockpit were OF
solid mahogany. IS the IIrond'lle she sailed one
successful racc-agaiust the Vcsta, IN October
1866 beating twenty miles 10 windward aud back
from the Sandy IIOJH Llgh .hIp in five hours.
twenty eight minutes and ifty-sevcn seconds She
was beaten IN two cup races and an ocean weep
stake, ~ -G7 and 1865
IN 1867 she was sold 10 James Gordon Bennett.
Th0 rebuilt her NJ Noank in the wiu'er of 1,GS
and changed her name 10 the Dduntic,s Her IT.
menslon. then wcrr: Lcngth on deck 20 80 feet:
water lnc 1850 feet; breadth Of beam 81 ~
feet: depth o. hold, go feet: drauch'. 1913 feet:
tonnage. 2G7.9 Almost her first rua a, the Daunt-
less wa4 trial imp from Ncw.Yorh To Queenstown.
She crossed IN twelve days. seventeen hours and
minutes, and the news OF tins quick passage
/ cablcd back put all the flags on the Cltv
Hall AT fnl mast Only one Yacht has
broken this record, the Sappho crossing
/ only ono month later ia twelve DAYS nine hours
and thi.ty-six minutes While abroad that year
the Dantlcs~ entered the 'hanncl race for Yachts
of al nations, rom thcrbouig around me lab
gnt and back for a cnp worth =, 500 francs given
by the Emperor Of France through the Socictf dc.
Rcgsic4 de CherbOurg. Soon after starting sho
carried away her forc-topinast, but finished third
IL 1870 the Dauntcss and the Cambria sailed
their lannon's International ocean race from Cowrs
20 Sandy Hook. The ambIil won the Daunt lrss
finishing in twcntv-threc days and seven honrs two
honrs seventeen mInutesand fitccrsccouds behind
her English ryal On August 10. 1870 she wa.
beaten by the Magic III "A race over the New York
Yacht Clubs course for the Americas cuo and 4
month later she finished third "a contest for the
Newport Citzons Cup over tho Bloc Island cnursc
Ia tho rcp,tta of th- Nov Wi 80. t'',iSc
September -. 1870. the Dauniless won a cun nre
sented by Rear commodore Douglass. On October
H. 1870, she beat the Cambria III race from iuoy
No. D. of the False Hook, twenty mic Ia windv.r5
and return for a cup valued al 30 g,ineas I'm
the BROOKLYN Yacht Club regatta Of June ~ 1871.
she won the schooner prize from eight comncti;ot
On OctObcr2f, 1871. she SAILED from thr sandy
Hook LgItship twenty miles To wIudgarJ ,uI re-.
turn, six minutes quicker than the Liyonia In
contest Tor a DO-guneh cup. and three DAYS LATER
she beat the Drcnduought over the same c,mrse
On August H. 1871. snc saicd n Scrub race
with thc Foam. WAndcrer and Alarm from Rrrn
toms Reef 10 Vineyard Haven for a oct of colors
and won. In q match race. ~ 900 a side WITH "
]. Gamers Mohawk III 1873, from SANDY look
Lightshp twenty miles 70 windward and returu
the Dauntless won, aud on the following dov ahr
beat tho i'esOlnto from the cIuh-homsc ~
Stapcton, :. /, to aud around tho Five Tubom
Bank Lightshlp 10 the sandy Hook Itoh,.t;n
Inc Dauutless sold by Mr. Bennett tn J i
Waller ~ 1870. In 1rs2 she was botybt hv Lcr
present owner Caldwell H. Colt. Her ln,yrr tn,sfs
were shortened for the ocean race abnut five fcct
but her upper sticks were heightened at tho sane
lime about much Her dlinens,ons no,v nr,.
length over ALL l23 feet water Ilnc ia 7 Crrt
breadth, 2j7 fee; DEPTH p.3 feet; dranqht 10 d
feet tonnage, 2Jf.Oi.
The CorOuct has never sailed race before She
was bnilt at &. u Il. PoIior's shipyard i'm Rrool
iyn and WAS launched In the sprlng of Iss5 In
July, 1850, her owner, Il. Z. bush sailed in her
with ms family 10 England. making the yovngr IN
seventeen days aud seventeen honr4 Tvoth,us,uJ
miles Of tnc run from the Griud Banks 10 Ounrns-
town. were made IN seven day and seventeen hour,
The return trip was mhdc IN September IsSJ.
Her log shows 100 miles for one DAYS work dining
that voyage against strong head winds Since
then che has lam ldic most Of the time Her fore
mast and both topnasis were shortened for the
race and seven extra tons of lead were nut In her
keel Her dimensions are Tonnage, 3Us length
over all, 1873 feet; wafer line. 1875 breadth, n
feet; depth, 1874 feet: draught, III feet